Consumer Products
- Europe
The London-based maker of Johnnie Walker Scotch whisky and Smirnoff vodka said Debra Crew would take over from Ivan Menezes on July 1.
- Business
European officials rolled out proposals aimed at forcing companies to back up environmental and sustainability claims they make over consumer products with scientific evidence.
- Business
Longtime leader Howard Schultz bows out as the coffee chain faces Senate and shareholder questions on unionization.
- Health
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is requesting research and possible solutions to potential health hazards associated with gas stoves.
- Business
The product may contain bacteria thatโs harmful to immunocompromised people.
- CIO Journal
Information-technology chiefs say competition for talent remains fierce, even as some cut recruitment spending.
- Politics
Comments earlier this week by a Consumer Product Safety Commission commissioner had sparked criticism on Capitol Hill.
- U.S.
The children were reported to have died by suffocation after getting trapped inside the blanket. More than 200,000 of the items were recalled.
- Business
The company recalled 10,500 products after learning the base could detach and expose a piece containing lead.
- Journal Reports: Leadership
Researchers find that people are less likely to buy goods associated with pleasure or indulgence if they are described as being scientifically formulated
- CFO Journal
Further price increases are a โdistinct possibility,โ following the companyโs record 12.5% hike during the third quarter, the companyโs CFO says.
- Earnings
The maker of Dove soap and Ben & Jerryโs ice cream raised its full-year sales forecast after it pushed through record price increases in the third quarter.
- Business
The federal Consumer Product Safety Commission staff told the company last month that it intends to seek penalties over alleged safety failures, Peloton disclosed.
- Business
Laxman Narasimhan was a McKinsey and PepsiCo veteran before landing the top job at one of the worldโs best-known consumer-product companies. During his three years at Reckitt, he reinvigorated the companyโs once-flagging sales.
- Business
The coffee giantโs hiring of Laxman Narasimhan comes months after former head Howard Schultz temporarily took over to steer the chain through rising costs, a unionization push and challenges overseas.
- Business
A labeling change says polypropylene plastic can be marketed as widely recyclable, but data from the Environmental Protection Agency suggests a recycling rate of only 2.7%.
- Deals
Veteran executive David Taylor is assuming a role as a senior operating adviser after more than 40 years at the consumer-products company.
- IPOs
The company traps waste gas and uses bacteria to turn it into sustainable chemicals and products for customers including Unilever and Coty.
- Heard on the Street
Trian Partners has taken a stake in the maker of Ben & Jerryโs ice cream. The British company may prove a tougher nut to crack than Procter & Gamble.
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